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whippycleric's review
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
This book reminded me a bit of Full Circle by Michael Palin, another travel memoir from a presenter during their filming of a specific show with each place having a short entry in the book. In this case, quite surprisingly, I found Clarkson did it better. The light and humorous style of Jeremy lends itself well to these succinct entries. You get a little snapshot of each place, admittedly through the subjective view of Jeremy Clarkson, focusing specifically on their relationship with cars. I think the narrow focus works well, as even though each entry is only a dozen pages or so you don't feel like you're missing details as oppose to in Full Circle where the broad scope combined with the small entries made it feel like it was missing depth. Overall this was a surprisingly fun read, it's a high 3.5 on my scale and one I'd recommend to anyone after a bit of light non fiction which will only take a few hours to read.
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